Monday, July 25, 2011

Wait, wait... that's a yiffemism, right?

And how did I miss that whole "tiger suit" thing back in February, anyway? Looking over Representative Wu's résumé, I'm surprised he hasn't heard from any Massachusetts talent scouts yet, 'cause this guy's got the chops for the Kennedy AAA farm team.

Welcome to Oregon. Because insanity is helpful in buying in to our particular flavor of liberal agenda, our voters positively admire and respect a leader who has a whole tanker truck full of the stuff.

Perversely, this event will absolutely guarantee his reelection as Congressman from Oregon District 1.

The tiger suit was goofy. So? We have a President that it took years, and several courts, to "find" a "record of live birth" and call it a birth certificate.

As for the accusation, until formal charges are laid, this is rumor and innuendo. Innocent until proven guilty, right?

If the accusation of unwanted encounters were true, why not a call from the cops, lawyers -- the lady's father? A single voice mail is troubling; trying to shake down or rattle someone while avoiding criminal action says something to me.

The tiger suit is kinda cute, but, please Odysseus, that suit does *not* make Wu a "Furry". Furries make nice neighbors, entertaining and friendly. And any sex is *consenting*. Please don't confuse this goofy guy with seriously interesting Furries.

I'd say I'm regretful that he comes from my state, but I don't really consider Portland (his district) to be part of Oregon. Oh, sure, it's got the votes to swing everything to the left, but geographically, it is such a small little portion of a very nice state.

For all my life, it's been Democrats that get caught in other people's trousers and Republicans that get caught in other people's bank accounts, but things have been topsy-turvy these last ten years or so...

As for the accusation, until formal charges are laid, this is rumor and innuendo. Innocent until proven guilty, right?

That's big of you and all; the problem is Wu has a history of this kind of behavior. It came out in 2004 (and I lived in his district then so it stands out to me) that he had tried to rape an ex-girlfriend in college, but she was able to fight him off. This being the 70's, it got reported to the college, who disciplined him but declined to pass it on to local police. At the time it came out Wu talked around it, denied wrong-doing while simultaneously expressing regret, but never contested those facts.

This all came out during a general election season where he was facing a pro-life Republican woman challenger (albeit a sacrificial lamb, it was a safe democratic district), and local feminists and pro-choicers lined up behind him. Apparently he's actually good for women since his politics are right.

Anyway, apparently the rule among my home state democrats and national Dem leadership is they'll spot you one attempted rape, but two and a tiger suit is a bridge too far. What I don't understand is why some independents and conservatives are determined to be so fair-minded they'll do the Dems one better and spot him more than one. (And its not just Brad K, I've seen that sentiment all over, so I admit I'm responding partly to others also.)

If it takes an unproven allegation to remove a guy who should have been gone 7 years ago, I'll take it.

Now, about getting rid of B. Hussein Obama, without having to wait for the November 2012 elections. . . Can we do recall elections for a sitting President? I mean, Congress cannot pass a budget, and they seem disinclined to censure or impeach the dude.